High Recreational Landings Threaten Striped Bass Rebuilding
An update from Charlie Witek on the recent Striped Bass Technical Committee meeting. Last November, a stock assessment update revealed that if fishing mortality did …
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Wishful Thinking Won’t Make Things Right
Charlie Witek debunks some wishful thinking around striped bass. It’s a refrain I’ve heard more over the past year: “Yes, striped bass recruitment in the …
Invasive Catfish Threaten Mid-Atlantic fish stocks–Including Striped Bass
Native marine life in the Chesapeake Bay faces a new threat, which could impact fisheries throughout the northeast. It is the blue catfish. Catfish, you ask? …
Recreational Striped Bass Landings Spiked in 2022
Spiked might be an understatement. Preliminary Marine Recreational Information Program data for the 2022 season has recently been released. It contains some bad news for …
Is Anyone Listening? The Role of Public Comment In Fisheries Management
Charlie Witek on whether fish managers are paying attention to public comments. As we invest our time and effort trying to improve the management process, …
The Fisheries Fights Of 2023
2022 may be in the rearview mirror, but many of last year’s fisheries issues have carried over into the new year. Other management actions are …
Did We Overfish Striped Bass in 2022?
Wrap your head around some of these striped bass landing numbers. The striped bass harvest in 2022 showed a sharp increase, going from about 1,200,000 …
Red Drum: Another Troubled, State Managed Fishery
In 2014, a coalition of fishing industry, boating industry, and anglers’ rights organizations seeking to weaken the National Marine Fisheries Service’s power to constrain anglers’ …
False Albacore: Angling Industry Research Done Right
There isn’t enough money available for fisheries research, and there probably never will be. There are just too many stocks of fish, and too many …
Striped Bass: ASMFC Considers Commercial Quota Transfers
Just when you thought we had turned the corner on striped bass. Let’s get ready to rumble. Everyone who came out over the last two …